11/8 Pancrase Changing Tour 7 - Fight Order

The fight order for the 8. November event in Azelea Taisho Hall, Osaka have been announced.

The veteran, Takafumi Ito will take on Takahiro Kajita in what will be the main event.

There are also 5 Pancrase Gate fights announced as a bonus for those who make their way there. Of course there will be goods on sale too, a bonus is that Yoshiro Maeda will be there signing and selling stuff from DREAM 12.

Tickets will be 6 500yen and 5 500yen at the door, they start selling at 14:30. If you buy upfront it is 500yen cheaper (or a beer).

Main-Event:
6. Light: Takafumi Ito 33-29-10 vs. 10-10-4 Takahiro Kajita

5. Light: Daisuke "13" Hanazawa 12-11-5 vs. 1-1-0 Koji Nakamura
4. Welter: Kiichi "Strasser" Kunimoto 7-3-0 vs. 1-7-1 Yoshifumi Dogaki
3. Welter: Yu Shiori 7-2-0 vs. 8-7-2 Yuta Nakamura
2. Feather: Soyu Tanabe 4-3-1 vs. 1-1-1 Hiroshi Tomita
1. Bantam: Nobuhiro "Punch" Yamauchi 6-5-0 vs. 3-6-1 Nobuhiro Yoshitake

Pancrase Gate:
Welter: Shinji Shimamura vs. Yu Kitada
Light: 普源 Morita vs. Masayuki Ino
Bantam: Ken Ishida vs. Daiki Nakahara
Bantam: Sho Nonaka vs. Yuji Ogawa
Fly: Yuya Ono vs. Hideaki Tanaka

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11/8 Pancrase Changing Tour - Fights Announced

Pancrase is finishing the year by haveing 2 events in the next 2 months. They have announced fights for both cards, but I will take the November 8 card in Osaka first. As usual, it will be in the Azelea Taisho Hall in Osaka.

The Osaka events have some regulars that are on here again, Daisuke Hanazawa and "Strasser" Kunimoto are usually on these events. Both are very good fighters and Hanazawa is still the only fighter to defeat Maximo Blanco (DQ doesnt count).

Super veteran Takafumi Ito is also on the card, he has been fighting since 1995 but is on a 2 fight losing streak.

Light: Takafumi Ito 33-29-10 vs. 10-10-4 Takahiro Kajita
Welter: Kiichi "Strasser" Kunimoto 7-3-0 vs. 1-7-1 Yoshifumi Dogaki
Welter: Yu Shiori 7-2-0 vs. 8-7-2 Yuta Nakamura
Light: Daisuke "13" Hanazawa 12-11-5 vs. 1-1-0 Koji Nakamura
Feather: Soyu Tanabe 4-3-1 vs. 1-1-1 Hiroshi Tomita
Bantam: Nobuhiro "Punch" Yamauchi 6-5-0 vs. 3-6-1 Nobuhiro Yoshitake

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9/20 Shooto GIG West 10 - RESULTS

This was a card with a lot of fighters that is yet to get a win as a professional fight. In addition to that there were some interesting Rookie Tournament fights.

After this event, Ishinaka is still without a win after 8 fights and "Mark" Kano has lost 9 in a row now to make it a perfect 0-9! That's the sort of record that can ruin anyone's confidence, I really hope he wins one soon.

Middleweight: Tomokazu Yuasa Def. Yoshifumi Dogaki by decision 3-0
Middleweight: Toshihiro Yoroi Def. Toru Ishinaka by rear-naked choke Round 1 1:34
Featherweight: Yasuaki "AKI" Nagamoto Def. Manabu "Mark" Kano by Guillotine Choke Round 1 2:21

Rookie Tournament Fights:
Light-heavyweight: Takaaki "C-Boy" Oban Def. Yudaku Tanaka
Welterweight: Hiroshi Sugimoto vs. Yukinari "Hibiki" Tamura 0-1 DRAW
*Tamura goes through to the next round
Featherweight: Yoshihiko "Kagero" Oyama vs. Keita Yoshida DRAW
*Fight stopped due to an accidental headbut, not sure who will go through to the next round

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9/20 Shooto GIG West 10

Shooto is holding an event in Osaka's Azelea Hall. On the card are some interesting fights. Also, "Mark" Kano going for his first win. It is an annual thing (lately), and I hope he is successful this time.

This event is mainly about the Rookie Tournament though.

Middleweight: Tomokazu Yuasa 2-2-1 vs. 1-6-1 Yoshifumi Dogaki
Middleweight: Toru Ishinaka 0-4-3 vs. Toshihiro Yoroi
Featherweight: Yasuaki "AKI" Nagamoto 3-2-0 vs. 0-8-0 Manabu "Mark" Kano

Rookie Tournament Fights:
Light-heavyweight: Takaaki "C-Boy" Oban 1-1-0 vs. 1-0-0 Yudaku Tanaka
Welterweight: Hiroshi Sugimoto 1-1-0 vs. 8-1-3 Yukinari "Hibiki" Tamura
Welterweight: Yoshihiko "Kagero" Oyama 0-1-0 vs. 0-2-0 Keita Yoshida

Tickets are　￥4000

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